Why did you apply for GSE?
When I was an undergraduate at the School of Political Science and Economics, I took a class on “Game Theory.” I became interested in two aspects of game theory. The first one is that you use mathematics to analyze social situations logically. The second one is that game theory is useful for solving actual economic problems. You can learn the correlation between acquired knowledge and actual economic problems. I attended a seminar by Professor Funaki who taught the “Game Theory” class and learned to enjoy studying the theory together with other students. I then became interested in studying game theory in more detail, and so I applied for the GSE.
Memorable classes
My memorable class is the one on Game Theory. I learned theoretical aspects of game theory as well as its application to actual problems. Especially what interested me was the analysis on the problem: “how can you save electricity?” by using game theory. Since this topic was taught one year after the Great East Japan Earthquake, saving electricity was a real-world problem. It was a precious experience to work on such a familiar problem by using the theory I learned in class. I also enjoyed the class “Cooperative Game Theory” which dealt with my research theme, and it was fun to solve problems given by the professor in the class using my own ideas. The professor thought my ideas in this class were good, which were the starting point for writing my master’s thesis.
Your research theme
My research theme is to study the field “Cooperative Game Theory” from theoretical aspects. Game theory analyzes social situations and the mutual influence of multiple people. Cooperative game theory analyzes situations to find the optimal way to share the benefits and losses caused by groups of people. This theory has applications to actual cost sharing problems.
Career after graduation
I would like to join the doctoral program to continue my studies. My goal is to receive a doctoral degree and become a researcher. I want to construct theories which are useful for solving actual economic problems.
